Executive MBA Talent Book 2020

For the Change Makers Our Executive MBA has been ranked second in the UK and 10th in the world by / WhichMBA? 2018 Executive MBA ranking

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Our vision is to be Europe’s leading Our Executive MBA students University-based business school, developing Warwick Executive MBA students are ready transformational ideas and people that shape for personal and professional transformation 13% how we do business. With our innovative and come to study with us from all over learning culture, world-class teaching, practical 17% the world. They’re Change Makers who live skill development, and personalised careers 12% and breathe our CORE values of Curiosity, support, we challenge and motivate all of Openness, Restlessness and Excellence. 5% our students to unlock their full potential and achieve their goals for the greater good. 11% Our students are taught by some of the 4% world’s leading academics alongside senior business people who join us as Professors 4% of Practice and share their knowledge 3% from years of board-level experience. Our real world knowledge is paired with our 3% transformative research that seeks to lead 28% debate, create impact, and build valuable links with international organisations. This research underpins our teaching, helping to develop inquisitive and entrepreneurial minds.

Creating future leaders We are one of the few institutions to offer an assessed module in Leadership, designed to help our students develop the all-important skills required in today’s challenging business environment.

Our Executive MBAs are required to undertake one overseas module, providing them with international business exposure and perspectives and the study programme introduces cutting-edge theories that can be applied directly from the classroom into the workplace. The wide choice of modules and topic assignments ensures a truly practical and bespoke learning experience for each individual.

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Global connections Whether you are an Executive MBA Global community Award-winning mentoring programme student at WBS, or an employer looking A valuable career asset open to you as an Our award-winning, Investors in People (IIP) to recruit our top talent, there are a and professional Executive MBA are the connections you will accredited mentoring programme allows you number of ways you can connect. make during your studies, and the global to explore career options, workplace dilemmas community of WBS alumni that you will and professional development challenges with insights during join on completion of your degree. The WBS someone who has already experienced similar global community is a network of over 45,000 situations. If you’re successful in gaining a and beyond the graduates and students in over 140 countries. place on the programme you’ll be mentored by a WBS alumnus for a period of two years, Warwick MBA Professional and geographical networks either during or beyond your studies. The programme costs £345 for two years. You can join one of our professional networks which bring together students, graduates, and our faculty, to explore industry practice Recruiting our Executive MBAs and the latest research in specific industry If you are looking to recruit one of our areas such as , technology and talented and ambitious Executive MBA healthcare. You can also join a group students into a permanent position in closer to home which will get you involved your organisation, contact our CareersPlus with students and graduates at social and & Corporate Relations team: educational events, in person and online. T +44 (0)24 7657 4862 E [email protected] W wbs.ac.uk/go/recruitment

4 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 5 Saada Abou-Halloun Thurley Sachin Anand linkedin.com/in/saada-aht linkedin.com/in/sachin-anand-1b71aa10

■ Career History: Manager Marketing Communications, Global Product & Service, Emirates, ■ Career History: Vice President, Sales (Europe), Mobileum Inc, UK Dubai Headquarters, UAE Sales Director (Northern Europe), Mobileum Inc, UK Marketing Manager, Diageo, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary Technical Account Manager (Europe), Mobileum Inc, UK Brand Manager, Reckitt Benckiser, Ireland Software Engineer, Bharti Telesoft, India Corporate Communications & Marketing, British American Tobacco, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, , UK Australia & China Master’s degree, Computer Science, University of Delhi, India ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, University of Delhi, India Executive Leadership Development programme, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Nationality: British BA (Hons), Communication Studies, University of Technology Sydney, Australia ■ Languages: English (native), Hindi (native) BA, Communications & PR, University of Western Sydney, Australia ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: Lebanese, Australian Established a multi-million pound business in Europe for Mobileum Inc. Signed up new customers, ■ Languages: English (native), Arabic (native) channels, and generated a multi-million pound recurring business model. ■ Achievements: Co-founded a tech start-up ‘Orahi’ in the space of Internet of things (IoT). Established a new team structure and approach to global product and service marketing communication Led a team of account managers that achieved 100% sales quota for three consecutive years. Improved at Emirates. Resulted in a more strategic communications approach and is generating a 50% increase in the sales pipeline through campaigns and roadshows. Reduced the length of the sales cycle and product content on owned and earned channels. increased the average value of sales. Over the years, built the channel partners to support recurring sales. Project managed the business transition of the Diageo business in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary from a local office to a distributor model. Led the distributor marketing teams in each of these markets to ensure continuation of business and achievement of revenue KPIs. Won the British American Tobacco ‘International Albert Leavy Award for Best Initiative by an End Market’, for establishing rave party events in China and creating a new customer experience. Ade Adeniyi Gia Aradottir linkedin.com/in/ade-adeniyi linkedin.com/in/gia-aradottir-7a84a499

■ Career History: Hospital Medical Director, Care UK, Bristol, UK ■ Career History: Principal Investigator, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK Consultant Urologist, Care UK, Bristol, UK Consultant and Scientific Advisor, Inscentinel Ltd, Harpenden, UK Member of Equality & Diversity Steering Committee, Care UK, UK Consultant, BioNet International, Egham, UK Urology Registrar, Guy’s and St Thomas’ & University College Research Scientist, Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, UK Hospitals, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK PhD, Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, UK Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK MSc, Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK M.B.B.S, Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria BSc, Biology, University of Iceland, Iceland ■ Nationality: British, Nigerian ■ Nationality: Icelandic ■ Languages: English (native), Yoruba (fluent) ■ Languages: Icelandic (native), English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate), French (basic), Danish (basic) ■ Achievements: Achievements: Empowered over 40 consultants to provide personalised specialist care to a high level of quality, ■ benchmarked against national standards. Have established and led on collaborative research projects with several international partners and organised workshops to bring them together to create multi-disciplinary projects. Facilitated and embedded healthcare process improvements, resulting in a significant increase in the numbers of patients seen per clinical session. Have been awarded research grants in excess of £360,000 as a principal investigator and contributed to larger collaborative grant successes worth more than £17 million. Supported teams through change including significant leadership changes, change in hospital ownership, team culture and the novel introduction of self-pay/insured patients into Care UK hospitals Selected as a key spokesperson to communicate controversial research on GM crops, giving over 40 with diversification of income streams and reduction in business vulnerability. press briefings and interviews to national and international media for TV, radio, print and web. Have also contributed to TV programs such as the Royal Society Christmas Lectures and Insect Dissection.

6 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 7 André Araújo Ramachandran Balakrishnan linkedin.com/in/andrelaraujos linkedin.com/in/ramachandran-balakrishnan

■ Career History: Operation Director, Private Motorways Division, Invepar, Brazil ■ Career History: Senior Consultant in Anesthesia and Section Head of Anesthesia Engineering and Operation Director, Lamsa, Brazil for Ambulatory Care Center and Rumailah Hospital, Board Member, Viario and CRT, Brazil Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar Consultant in Anesthesia, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Kings Lynn, UK MSc, Infrastructure Engineering, Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), Registrar in Anesthesia, Rotation, West Midlands Deanery, UK Brazil Senior House Officer in Anesthesia, University Hospital Birmingham NHS MBA, Business , , Brazil Trust, UK BSc, Civil Engineering, PUC-GO, Brazil ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Nationality: Brazilian M.D Anesthesia, University of Mumbai, India ■ Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate), French (basic) Fellow of Royal College of Anesthetists (FRCA), UK ■ Achievements: MBBS, Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University, India Merged the operational models from all Invepar companies (eight in total) by developing a new ■ Nationality: British, Overseas Citizen of India organisational structure, designing processes and KPIs to take advantage of best practice. The project ■ Languages: Tamil (native), Hindi (native), English (fluent), Marathi (fluent), achieved more than £8 million per year in savings. Urdu (intermediate) Responsible for implementing the startup of the second longest private motorway in Brazil. Introduced ■ Achievements: innovations in fleet management, a new operational system and a strategic view of operations, Led a team to establish the practice of parental presence at the start of anesthesia for their children. achieving 20% in savings. 1,600 parents have now accompanied their children while they go to sleep for their operation. Developed a business plan and put it in place for a new Invepar company, PEX. The plan included Co-led a team, establishing nurse run pre-anesthesia assessment clinics. Won the award for best financial analysis, business structure, process management and stakeholder management. healthcare project in the country during the 2018 Stars of Excellence awards. Led a multi-disciplinary team to establish nurse led discharge of patients after surgery, from recovery including home discharge. The first initiative of this kind in Hamad Medical Corporation Hospitals. Peter Bailey Stephanie Barwick linkedin.com/in/peterwbailey1 linkedin.com/in/stephanie-barwick-4720023b

■ Career History: Senior Project Manager, MyDentist, UK ■ Career History: Chief Executive Officer, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI), UK Head of Technology Transformation, Circle Health, UK Senior Enterprise Manager, University of Kent, UK Operations Manager, Circle Health, UK Sales & Marketing Manager, RJ Barwick Construction Ltd, UK Co-ordinator and Lead, South Africa Challenge, UK Manager, Kent Co-operative Development Agency, Technology Enterprise Kent, UK ■ Education Highlights: BSc, Management Sciences, , UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Nationality: British Bachelor of Science, Business Studies with English & French language, ■ Languages: English (native) University of Munich, Germany ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: German Co-founded 10 start-up companies/projects via the South Africa Challenge programme, one of which ■ Languages: German (native), English (fluent), French (intermediate), has gone on to be recognised by the World Economic Forum. Italian (intermediate) Recognised for work in UK private healthcare data by the UN programme UNLEASH as a top global ■ Achievements: talent in healthcare. Invited to participate in a global forum in Denmark with 1,000 young talents from As CEO of the PVRI, increased turnover of the charity by 275% by growing global membership, scientific around the world. meetings and international reach. As Head of Technology Transformation at Circle Health, rolled out numerous change programmes As Senior Enterprise Manager at the University of Kent, invented and developed the Employability leading to significant cost and efficiency improvements. Points Scheme, which received national coverage for being featured by the government department BIS (Business Innovation & Skills) as a ‘best practice university-industry collaboration.’ The scheme was shortlisted in the Times Higher Education Awards 2012. As Sales & Marketing Manager of RJ Barwick Construction Ltd, managed the client accounts of Marks & Spencer, Aldi Supermarkets, The National Trust, English Heritage and other well-known brands.

8 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 9 Charlotte Berrow Kevin Brandler linkedin.com/in/charlotteberrow linkedin.com/in/kevinbrandler

■ Career History: Finance Systems Workstream Lead, Poundland Ltd, West Midlands, UK ■ Career History: Operations Manager, Sonoco, Chesterfield, UK Financial Accounts Manager, Poundland Ltd, West Midlands, UK Quality Manager, Sonoco, Chesterfield, UK Senior Internal Auditor, Claire’s Stores Europe, Birmingham, UK Operations Material Supply Manager, Coty, Seaton Delaval, UK Assistant Audit Manager, Deloitte, Birmingham, UK Operations Department Manager, Procter & Gamble, Seaton Delaval, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ACA, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, UK MSc, Industrial Engineering, Polytech Angers, France BA, Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge, UK ■ Nationality: French ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: French (native), English (fluent) ■ Languages: English (native), German (intermediate), French (intermediate) ■ Achievements:

■ Achievements: Halved the number of customer complaints within six months in Sonoco. Introduced production Established Poundland’s reporting structures (post acquisition, restructuring and refinancing) meeting standards and hired two process engineers to build the plant technical mastery, developing the monthly, quarterly and annual requirements at a group, local and statutory level. workforce and educating the suppliers. Led the completion accounts process for the acquisition of a substantial subsidiary, and the acquisition Managed a luxury fragrance material supply chain of US$150 million annual spend across three and fair value process; co-ordinated the transition accounting for the conversion of 250 European plants with 75 suppliers. Solved supply issues to eliminate US$20 million worth of sales at risk. stores to the Poundland fascia over a six-month period and the subsequent integration of financial Led two bespoke identical luxury perfume production lines, vertical start-up and validation. Managed a ledgers and reporting into Poundland head office. cross functional and multi-site team. Project delivered three months early, greater than 250% of volume Active involvement in the financial due diligence for Poundland’s successful IPO, co-ordinating the committed to the business delivered during the first month of production. Set factory production records conversion of three years of financial statements (including a private equity buy-out) for inclusion on both lines. in the prospectus.

Faye Bowser Paul Bridgeman linkedin.com/in/fayebowser linkedin.com/in/paulbridgeman1

■ Career History: Head of Distributed Energy Systems, Siemens, London, UK ■ Career History: Managing Director, Global Line Operations, BDM Government Affairs and Strategy, Siemens, London, UK RBC Investor & Treasury Services, London, UK Senior Control Applications Engineer, Siemens, Lincoln, UK Managing Director, Collateral & Securities Operations, Technical/Mechanical Apprentice, Siemens, Lincoln, UK RBC Capital Markets, London, UK Director, Securities Operations, RBC Capital Markets, London, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BEng (Hons), , UK Associate Director, Equity Operations, RBC Capital Markets, London, UK Higher National Certificate, Electrical Engineering, Lincoln College, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Higher National Certificate, Mechanical Engineering, Lincoln College, UK BTEC Advanced GNVQ in Business Studies, Morden College, UK ISMA Foundation Certificate Program, International Securities Markets ■ Nationality: British, Australian Association ■ Languages: English (native) Bond Settlements & Crest Settlements Certificate, Securities Institute ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: British Led the setup of Siemens UK Distributed Energy System as a Business Unit. Managed a team of people, ■ Languages: English (native) secured orders, grew market share from 0% to 10% within 12 months, and developed a strategy for a Achievements: profitable, sustainable business. ■ Presented and implemented a strategy to combine Fixed Income & Equity Operations into one team and Identified and closed out sales for £28 million of business within Russia and Eastern Europe, leading consolidate the technology platforms. This strategy removed legacy technology, resulting in reduced a team of five customer support managers and developing a three-year Go-to-Market strategy and headcount by 27%, increased efficiency and reduced costs by 2% CAGR over this period. a Win-back strategy. Successfully outsourced the Common Depository & Paying Agency business to a third party, to reduce Engineered and designed the first applications of the Siemens PCS7 Control System into the Small costs and remove technology risks in an aging platform that was no longer fit for purpose. Turbine Product Range, building in continuous improvement through the commissioning and installation process. Managed an RFP process to consolidate RBC Capital Markets Equity Central Clearing arrangements to one provider and negotiated reduced costs to the trading businesses. Lower capital allocation, lower transaction costs and increased operational efficiency were also attained.

10 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 11 Matthew Carr Jean Francois Cateaux linkedin.com/in/matthewspcarr linkedin.com/in/jean-francois-cateaux

■ Career History: Commercial Deal Architect, Tata Communications UK Ltd, London, UK ■ Career History: Acting CEO and Chief Operations Officer, Swan , Zambia Pricing Manager, Orange Business Services, Slough, UK Technical Manager, Rawsur Life & Non-Life, Democratic Republic of Congo Commercial Bid Manager, Telia Carrier, London, UK Actuarial Associate, Swan General Insurance, Mauritius Bid Manager, Alcatel-Lucent, Slough, UK Actuarial Analyst, Novilis Pensions Ltd, Mauritius ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Certifications: Prince 2 Practitioner, APMP, ITIL, IACCM CCM Practitioner Associate, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, UK BSc, Biochemistry & Pharmacology, King’s College London, UK BSc MMORSE, Integrated Master’s in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics & , , UK ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: Mauritian ■ Languages: English (native), French (intermediate), Italian (basic) ■ Languages: English (native), French (native) ■ Achievements:

Awarded the Growth Award by Tata Communications Ltd CSMO for shaping commercials for multiple ■ Achievements: high value multi-million dollar deals in the Facebook account, and for being critical in achieving 110% Overturned a company with a difficult financial situation to a profitable position within nine months by growth in FY 2019, the fastest gross revenue growth in the company. restructuring the key positions in the organisation, reviewing the underwriting guidelines and controlling claims approval. Provided high touch strategic commercial support over complex eight month sales negotiations with an SI and the end customer, a global multinational. Secured a strategic new product win for a new UCC Formed part of a team entrusted with the creation of a life and non-life company in a virgin market. The telecoms deployment worth over US$20 million with numerous future upsell possibilities. role consisted of writing policy documents, arranging reinsurance programs and determining the pricing for each line of business being commercialised. At OBS, led vital unit cost/margin analysis, identified fundamental flaws to senior management, and presented to C-level staff. Led to new costing rationale for deployment and operations and increased Restructured the reinsurance model used by a life company and automated the manual processes using revenue for the UCC product division. Excel programming. This resulted in savings of around 15% in premium payable to reinsurers following the year of implementation.

David Carter Clare Chidgzey linkedin.com/in/djcar linkedin.com/in/clarechidgzey

■ Career History: Commercial Business Lead, Eastern Academic Health Science Network, ■ Career History: Financial Controller, Woods Foodservice Ltd, London, UK Cambridge, UK Head of Finance, Gordon Ingram Associates (GIA), London, UK Senior Programme Manager, Eastern Academic Health Science Network, Financial Controller, United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), Cambridge, UK Staines-upon-Thames, UK Genomics Programme Manager, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Engineering Officer, British Army, UK, Germany, Canada, Afghanistan ACCA, BPP, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BA, Accounting and Finance, Luton University, UK MSc, Information Capability Management, Cranfield University, UK ■ Nationality: British BSc, Intelligence & Security, Staffordshire University, UK BEng, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Nationality: British ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: English (native), French (basic), German (basic) Completed the ACCA qualification. ■ Achievements: While working freelance, developed from scratch a modelling tool to forecast the staffing levels and costs to implement a new service platform across multiple sites. This was adopted and rolled out to all Developed AstraZeneca’s Centre for Genomics Research from a concept to a fully operational early McDonald’s restaurants. research capability, fully integrated into all parts of a multinational business. As Head of Finance for GIA, reduced borrowing from £2.4 million to £167,000 in 18 months, saving Relocated an engineering workshop from Germany to the UK, whilst maintaining capabilities in both £67,000 in interest charges through strict cost controls and increased focus on billing and reduction of locations. This included more than 600 weapons, more than 200 vehicles and more than 50 personnel work in progress. and families. Deployed to Afghanistan as an engineering officer, ensuring all equipment at Camp Bastion was returned in the appropriate state. Amounting to over 2,000 mission critical pieces of equipment in arduous and hostile conditions.

12 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 13 Iain Church Steve Dallard MBE linkedin.com/in/iain-church linkedin.com/in/steve-dallard-mbe

■ Career History: Business Development Director, Moringa Miracles Ltd, Blantyre, Malawi ■ Career History: Internal Management Consultant, Army Advance Development and Oxfordshire, UK Programme, Army Headquarters, Andover, UK Senior Planning Officer, British Army, Andover, UK SO2 Land, J3 Middle East Operations Team, Permanent Joint Headquarters, Directing Staff Army Division, Defence Academy, UK Northwood, UK Chief of Staff, British Army, Aldershot, UK Chief of Staff (Chief Operating Officer), 4th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, UK/Iraq ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK SO2 Operations/Plans, Headquarters Force Development and Capability, PGDip, Strategic Leadership and Management, Stratford Business School, Army Headquarters, Andover, UK UK Certificate in Terrorism Studies, University of St Andrews, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BTEC Level 7 Diploma, Strategic Management and Leadership, ■ Nationality: British Stratford Business School, UK ■ Languages: English (native) PGDip, Battlespace Technology, Cranfield University, UK ■ Achievements: MA, Medieval History, University of Saint Andrews, UK Established the largest smallholder programme in Malawi by building a 20,000 strong company ■ Nationality: British programme and partnering with two NGO programmes of 45,000. The programme increased income by ■ Languages: English (native) 61% and is lifting 325,000 Malawians out of extreme poverty. ■ Achievements: Managed the day-to-day running of two out of five elements (identification and assessment) of the Member of a small consultancy team looking at the Army’s discharge process of recruits in Basic Royal Engineer’s £1.7 billion equipment programme, including direct responsibility for a £1.5 million Training. Delivered a 58% process efficiency and £17.8 million projected savings over 10 years. experimentation budget; delivered required results on time and under-budget. Co-ordinated and delivered a 600 strong Battalion move from Germany to the UK, its conversion to Made a significant contribution to the British Army’s strategic restructuring programme, Army 2020, by Mechanised Infantry and training validation. Lead planner for Battalion deployment to Iraq. co-authoring and implementing the transformational change programme that restructured the Army’s 3,500 explosive ordnance disposal personnel. As Company Commander leading 300 soldiers, planned the transition of a Coalition Patrol Base to the Afghan Police, redeployment of personnel and over 120 ISO’s worth of material back to Camp Bastion. Asha Combstock Belen Diaz linkedin.com/in/ashacombstock linkedin.com/in/maria-belen-diaz

■ Career History: Operational Excellence Manager, Warner Leisure Hotels Ltd, ■ Career History: Head Global Marketing, BUCHI, Switzerland Hemel Hempstead, UK European Field Marketing Specialist, Dionex – later Thermo Fisher Administration Manager, Warner Leisure Hotels Ltd, Hereford, UK Scientific, Switzerland Director, Control Consulting Services Ltd, Hereford, UK Sales and Marketing Manager, LPFL, Switzerland Practice Coordinator, Hereford Dental Clinic Ltd, Hereford, UK Postdoctoral Researcher, BASF, Germany, and ETH, Switzerland ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK CIPD Level 5 Diploma, Human Resource Management, DPG, Online PhD, Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Scotland ILM Level 5 Diploma, Management, UMD Professional, Online Erasmus Year, Chemistry, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland Diploma, Animation, London College of Communication, UK Degree in Chemistry, University of Jaen, Spain ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: Spanish ■ Languages: English (native), French (intermediate), Gujarati (basic) ■ Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate), French (basic) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: In advance of a new hotel opening, co-ordinated the design and content creation for the Warner Brand Developed strong leadership skills and set up a global marketing team with the right skill mix to change Standards Manual in an accelerated timeframe, resulting in the first comprehensive, all-encompassing the traditional company approach into the digital world within a year. operating standards guidance for the brand. Created and implemented the marketing strategy within BUCHI for several years resulting in a radical As the lead subject matter expert for Warner in the implementation of a new recruitment, onboarding increase of acquisition and engagement of prospects and customers with company growth of 10%. and learning management system, facilitated the training of over 150 leaders and mangers throughout Led the CRM implementation that enabled BUCHI to improve its market analysis and hence develop a the business in a six-week period. more customer-focused approach. As one of two Directors, established and expanded the family run business, Control Consulting Services Ltd, growing from a garage start-up to a £750,000 turnover business.

14 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 15 Sally Ehlen Marceliano Fumero linkedin.com/in/sally-ehlen linkedin.com/in/marcelianofumero

■ Career History: Army Advanced Development Programme, Army Headquarters, Andover, ■ Career History: Technical Account Manager, Siemens PLM, Birmingham, UK UK Pre-sales Consultant, Siemens PLM, Birmingham, UK Management Accountant, Headquarters Force Troops Command, Upavon, Applications Engineer, Romax Technology, Nottingham, UK UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Learning and Development Manager, Army Headquarters, Andover, UK MSc, Manufacturing Engineering and Management, HR Business Partner, Headquarters Force Troops Command, Upavon, UK University of Nottingham, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Mechanical Engineering Diploma, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela ACMA, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK ■ Nationality: Venezuelan, Spanish BA (Hons), Finance, University of Manchester, UK ■ Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent) ■ Nationality: British ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: English (native), French (basic), German (basic) Presented solutions and demonstrated their value to Siemens customers leading to growth in sales at

■ Achievements: various key UK accounts of up to 50%. As the sole management accountant within an Army division, successfully delivered a £128 million Managed support plans for the effective implementation of our solutions across remote multinational activity programme within budget, across 110 organisations operating worldwide. teams for the European sites of key global accounts, with up to four nationalities in each team. Mentored the senior leadership of an Afghan National Army Battalion to develop HR capabilities, Competed with peers from around the globe in the pre-sales contest held at the global sales conference rectifying a five-month salary backlog and significantly improving morale in an austere combat of Siemens PLM, achieving first place. Presentations were judged by the top management team and an environment. audience of more than 900 colleagues from marketing and sales. Led the redesign of an online training package for civilian HR administrators and developed associated training assurance mechanisms, resulting in a tenfold increase in completion and an associated enhanced HR capability within Army Reserve establishments.

Edward Finch Javier Garcia-Alzorriz linkedin.com/in/Ed-Finch linkedin.com/in/javiergarciaalzorriz

■ Career History: Sales Director, Key Accounts, Bradfords Group, UK ■ Career History: Managing Director, Jo Berryman Studio, London, UK Area Director, Bradfords Group, UK Project Manager & Designer, Jo Berryman Studio, London, UK Area General Manager, Bradfords Group, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Area Sales Manager, Bradfords Group, UK DipHE Level 5 Interior Design, KLC School of Design, University of Brighton, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK UK PGDip, Multi-Site Leadership & Strategy, Birmingham City University, UK Master in Graphic Design, CEINTEC, Spain BA, Interior Design, ESDIR, Spain ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: British, Spanish ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), Italian (intermediate), Achievements: ■ Basque (intermediate) Awarded Student of the Year for contribution to the Multi-Site Leadership & Strategy PG Diploma and ■ Achievements: invited onto the Guild of Builders Merchants. As the Managing Director of an international design company since 2017, redesigned the organisation Promoted to Sales Director. Implemented or established cultural changes, embracing the new world and to establish a more agile and cost-effective structure, achieving 150% profit increase year on year. setting a good example to anyone wanting to progress through the business. Contributed to a 100% increase in business turnover from £75 million to £150 million. Successfully innovated and diversified the services portfolio at Jo Berryman Studio, reaching more than 50% revenue increase through new businesses within two years. Rebuilt and created the best management team in the business. The area has, year on year, increased sales and net profit by 20% through consistency in operational excellence as well as outstanding Lecturer at KLC School of Design and Advisory Board member for the last seven years after receiving customer service and cost control. the ‘Debutant Designer Award’ and ‘Creativity Award’ in 2011 by the British Institute of Interior Design. Advise on the syllabus structure in collaboration with other industry members.

16 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 17 James Glenn Simon Gore linkedin.com/in/jamesrichardglenn linkedin.com/in/SimonGoreMBA

■ Career History: Senior Site Agent, Costain, Coventry, UK ■ Career History: Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Hofer Powertrain Products Ltd, UK Design Engineer, Arup, Solihull, UK Manufacturing Engineering Manager, DANA Axles, UK Block Delivery Manager, Costain, Coventry, UK Technical Planning Manager, BMW Hams Hall, UK Maintenance Shift Manager, BMW Hams Hall, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE), Institution of Civil Engineers, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MEng (Hons), Civil Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK BSc (Hons), Engineering, Coventry University, UK ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Languages: English (native), German (basic) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: Led a team of 35 direct delivery operatives and 10 personnel as Senior Site Established a new 4,366 m² manufacturing site and product, from product design into start of Agent. Implemented bi-weekly production control meetings to ensure tight programme monitoring, production, for a premium brand in the automotive industry over 18 months. achieving 95% completion of planned critical path activities. Designed and implemented a new organisation of 43 employees in eight months, from scratch, into Developed a successful delivery strategy for 36 projects across FY14/15 as Block Delivery Manager. a highly skilled workforce covering IT, process engineering, maintenance, control engineering, and Introduced lean practices to reduce programme timescales and ensure handover on time. Achieved a production. 10% reduction in outturn cost across the programme of works. Improved technical availability from 68% to 89% by applying lean manufacturing techniques which Co-led the design and construction of a 15 metre long paper suspension bridge in Coventry Cathedral resulted in a spares cost saving of 90% (£4,200 down to £148), equating to an annual saving of £97,248 for the Festival of Imagineers, engaging over 1,000 school pupils. against a single assembly process.

Peter Gordon-Finlayson Nick Heath linkedin.com/in/peter-gordon-finlayson-84961264

■ Career History: Head of Threat Monitoring, Sibylline Ltd, London, UK ■ Career History: Principal, Cadastre Ltd, Berkhamsted, UK Director of Operations, Sibylline Ltd, London, UK Director, The Property Department, Tring, UK Operations Manager, Sibylline Ltd, London, UK Commercial Manager, Milton Keynes Parks Trust, UK Captain, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, British Army, UK Director, Shopping Centre Leasing, Prudential Portfolio Managers, London, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Regular Commission (ILM Lv5 Diploma in Leadership and Management), ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) BA (Hons), French and Spanish, , UK MPhil, Land Management, University of Reading, UK BSc (Hons), Geography, University of Exeter, UK ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (fluent) ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Achievements:

As Director of Operations, wrote and executed a strategic plan which delivered a threefold growth in ■ Achievements: team size, revenue and geographic dispersion over a period of 18 months. As Leasing Director, managed a team of surveyors responsible for a large commercial portfolio. Property projects included leasing of Manchester Arndale Centre, UK, and all initial lettings at The Mall at Cribbs Successfully integrated new teams and platforms to an existing firm following two acquisitions, setting Causeway, Bristol, UK. the conditions for future growth. Founder/Director of Haresfoot Brewery, Berkhamsted, UK, a 15 barrel capacity brewery which has Led a 15 strong troop of soldiers and five armoured vehicles on operations in Afghanistan, delivering supplied over 200 pubs and restaurants within a 30 mile radius. tangible improvements to security in a complex environment. For eight years (including five as Chair) a school governor at Castle Federation, Berkhamsted, UK. Led education changes, including the formation of a federation of schools.

18 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 19 Noman Hussain Steven Jansen linkedin.com/in/noman-hussain-a1aa9472 linkedin.com/in/stevenrjansen

■ Career History: Software Manager, Pickering Interfaces Ltd, UK ■ Career History: IT Strategy Manager Upstream, Integrated Gas and New Energies, Software Engineer, Pickering Interfaces Ltd, UK Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague, The Netherlands Systems Engineer, National Air Traffic Services, UK Global Information Management Delivery Manager, Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague, The Netherlands ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Capital Projects Information Management and IT Manager, MSc, Software Engineering, , UK Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Bangalore, India BEng (Hons), Electronics and Communications, University of Glamorgan (Now known as University of South Wales) ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Master of Science, Industrial Engineering & Management specialisations ■ Nationality: British, Pakistani in International Management and Information Management, ■ Languages: English (native), Urdu (native), Hindi (fluent), Punjabi (intermediate) University of Twente, The Netherlands ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: Dutch As a software manager, developed and managed a team that successfully delivered projects responsible ■ Languages: Dutch (native), English (fluent), German (fluent), French (intermediate) for year on year growth of the business by 130% over the past five years. ■ Achievements: Worked alongside a key semiconductor customer in developing a software solution for them, reducing Co-designed the enterprise IT operating model to ensure Shell has IT capabilities to benefit from digital the test times by more than 50% and securing an order for over US$2 million. technologies. Currently driving the organisational restructuring of approximately 6,000 IT professionals. Worked as part of a team to successfully develop and deliver a solution for the Large Hadron Collider in Established a programme to improve quality and efficiency of Shell’s engineering information practices CERN to ensure their tests are more effective and efficient. by leveraging technology and automation, resulting in cost savings of several million dollars and improving accessibility and reliability of engineering information. Launched a line of socks as part of an intercompany team to support Alzheimer’s research. Alzheimer socks now provide a steady income of around €500,000 a year for the Alzheimer’s research centre in the Netherlands.

George Ingledew Besim Jawad linkedin.com/in/georgeingledew linkedin.com/in/besimjawad

■ Career History: Senior Co-publishing BD, Global Competition Review, Global Arbitration ■ Career History: Chief Operations Officer, Interamerican Group, Athens, Greece Review, Global Investigations Review, Global Restructuring Review, Directeur Pensioenen (COO Pensions), Achmea Pensioen & Leven, Latin Lawyer, Law Business Research Ltd, UK Apeldoorn, The Netherlands BD Manager New Titles, Getting the Deal Through series, Senior Manager Head of SSC Debit & Credit Management, Achmea Group, Law Business Research Ltd, UK Apeldoorn, The Netherlands BD Manager, Getting the Deal Through series, Law Business Research Ltd, CEO, Eureko Societate de Administrare a Fondurilor de Pensii Private, UK Bucharest, Romania Marketing Manager, Who’s Who Legal, Law Business Research Ltd, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme, Saïd Business School, UK CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing, London Metropolitan University, Achmea Business Course, University of Nyenrode & Achmea Academy, UK The Netherlands BSc, Sociology, University of Manchester, UK MA, Political Science, University of Leiden, The Netherlands ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: Dutch, American ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Languages: English (native), Dutch (native), German (intermediate), French (basic), Romanian (basic) ■ Achievements: Achievements: Managed new product development and introduced over 40 new online and print legal publications, ■ including a new series of how-to guides, which grossed more than £250,000 in their first year. Entered the private pension market in Romania from a weak base but succeeded in setting up a company that obtained a substantial market share (6.35% of participants) and ended up as number five Led an international team of eight that grew publication revenue from £700,000 to £2 million in three in the market in participants and number six in assets. years, by identifying new trends and ‘gaps in the literature’ in various industry and legal practice areas. Introduced lean management, reorganised and shut down three (of five) locations, decreased run costs Managed accounts with ‘Magic Circle’, ‘Big Law’ law firms, and ‘Big Four’ Accountancy firms, invoicing of Credit Management SSC by €6.7 million (21%) and Debt Management SSC by €600,000 (22%), while £500,000 to £750,000 per year in publishing deals. reducing outstanding credits (receivables) by €80 million (12.9%). Migrated 300,000 pension policies to new administrative systems, re-launched lean and digitalised processes, resulting in a reduction of expenses by €12.1 million (38%) and headcount by 161 FTE (43%) in Achmea Pensions & Life in the Netherlands.

20 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 21 Stuart Jones Yeshwant Karanam Rao linkedin.com/in/stuart-jones-mba linkedin.com/in/yeshwant-karanam

■ Career History: Army Advanced Development Programme (Lieutenant Colonel), ■ Career History: Executive Assistant to Managing Director, Sembcorp Energy India Ltd, British Army, Andover, UK Gurgaon, India Senior Planning Officer, Brigade Headquarters, Brecon, UK Project Execution Lead, Sembcorp Energy India Ltd, Hyderabad, India Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Sandhurst, UK Project Execution Lead, Reliance Power Ltd, Nagpur, India Officer Commanding, Fuel and General Transport Squadron, Graduate Engineer Trainee, Bateman Engineering Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India Royal Logistic Corps, British Army, Chippenham, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical, PGDip, Business Administration, Open University, UK Visveshwaraiah Technological University, India MSc Econ, Strategic Studies, Aberystwyth University, UK ■ Nationality: Indian BSc Econ (Hons), International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK ■ Languages: Hindi (native), English (fluent), Indonesian (intermediate) ■ Nationality: British ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: English (native) As an executive assistant to MD for Sembcorp Business in India, improved bottom-line performance of

■ Achievements: the company by 10% by effectively driving a company-wide bottom-up profit improvement program. Redesigned the process for discharging injured recruits from the Army which had incurred costs of Structured the process and governance framework for effective procurement of services and spares millions of pounds to the taxpayer and caused significant delays. Resulted in predicted saving of involving US$72 million. £18 million over 10 years. As a project execution lead, with a clear focus on safety, quality and cost, delivered a project worth Formed a new Squadron to create a new capability within the Army. Built the organisation of more than US$150 million for Sembcorp Energy India Ltd and a project worth US$30 million for Reliance Power Ltd. 200 personnel and more than 70 heavy goods vehicles from a standing start, generated a strategic vision, and executed the operational plan. All targets were met ahead of schedule. Hand selected by the second in command of the Army to attend the Royal Military Academy as a senior instructor responsible for the development and training of 300 Officer Cadets. Developed a new training package and recruiting policy, resulting in the target of a 40% increase in trained recruits being met. Christos Kalamaras Matt Kirk linkedin.com/in/chris-kalamaras-81a41a29 linkedin.com/in/MattKirk1

■ Career History: Solution Leader SME, Everis, London, UK ■ Career History: Head of Optimisation, Anglian Water Services Ltd, Peterborough, UK Senior Commercial Consultant, ShipNet Volaris Group, London, UK Head of Asset Planning, Anglian Water Services Ltd, Peterborough, UK Customer Engagement Manager, ShipNet, London, UK Head of Innovation Shop Window, Anglian Water Services Ltd, Software Implementation Consultant, Veson Nautical, London, UK Peterborough, UK Projects Delivery Manager, @One Alliance, Peterborough, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, International Shipping, Plymouth Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, Production Engineering and Management/Mechanical Engineering, IAM Certification, Institute of Asset Management, UK Technical University of Crete, Greece Chartered Environmentalist, Institute of Water, UK BSc, Business Studies, , UK ■ Nationality: Greek ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: Greek (native), English (fluent) ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Achievements:

Successfully led software implementation and change management projects with various ship owning ■ Achievements: and commodity trading companies, for more than 100 vessels and more than 120 projects. Lead a team of 49 across a variety of technical and engineering disciplines accountable for leading, managing and delivering the process of asset planning across Anglian Water’s entire £50 billion asset Undertaking a threefold role with commercial, consulting and R&D responsibilities for the Volaris Group. base. Leading and executing software implementation, being responsible for the business development in Greece, Cyprus and USA, and delivering new modules for freight . Delivered a £120 million capital investment saving through the prioritisation and optimisation of Anglian Water’s capital programme and the effective development of investment solutions. Joined the Marine Special Forces of the Hellenic Army and successfully completed the training. Lead a team who won the International Water Association’s (IWA) ‘Process Improvement and Operational Solutions’ award. This was the first time a UK water company had ever won an award at this global event and was in recognition for leading the industry in innovation.

22 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 23 Amarjit Kooner Tina Tin Lok Kwok linkedin.com/in/amo-kooner linkedin.com/in/tinatlkwok

■ Career History: Regional IT Manager, Lear Corporation, Coventry, UK ■ Career History: IT Business Engagement Consultant, Elis, UK IT Manager, Lear Corporation, Redditch, UK Supply Chain Planning Manager, Berendsen, UK IT Manager, Johnson Controls, Redditch, UK New Product Introduction Planning Lead, Eaton Aerospace, UK Senior IT Consultant, Johnson Controls, Redditch, UK Production Planner, Qioptiq, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BSc, Information Technology, Sheffield Hallam University, UK MSc, Advance Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Loughborough University, UK ■ Nationality: British BEng, Aerospace Engineering, , UK ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Nationality: Hong Kong, Irish ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: English (native), Cantonese (fluent) Designed and implemented a number of complex manufacturing and enterprise resource planning

systems to ensure 100% of contracts fulfilled. ■ Achievements: Headed projects to develop a new framework and implemented new business processes across the Launched multinational brownfield and greenfield manufacturing sites including the hostile takeover supply chain. Resulted in scalability capability of the business and increased on-time delivery, sustaining and integration of two competitor sites. above 95% on average with a decrease in inventory by 25%. Successfully managed a pilot to run virtualised servers in a JIT manufacturing site which was adopted as Using Six Sigma techniques, successfully completed pilot forecasting project and increased forecast the corporation’s global manufacturing standard, significantly decreasing the IT hardware footprint. accuracy to 98%. As a result of the success, sales and operations planning was rolled out to a further 20 sites across the UK. Collaborated and managed stakeholders to deliver an EDI invoicing platform to customers including the NHS. This ensured a secure and reliable method to deliver invoices to customers.

Natalia Koshel Simon Lee linkedin.com/in/nataliakoshel linkedin.com/in/simon-lee0404

■ Career History: Consultant, Financial Stability Department, The of Russia, Russia ■ Career History: Operations Director, Bulten Ltd, Scunthorpe, UK Chief Economist, Banking Supervision and Regulation Department, Operations Director, BBB Services Ltd, Scunthorpe, UK The Bank of Russia, Russia Operations Manager, Bulten GmbH, Bergkamen, Germany Chief Credit Inspector, Bank URALSIB, Russia Operations Manager, Bulten Ltd, Scunthorpe, UK Lecturer, Rostov State University of Economics, Russia ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BSc, MORSE, University of Warwick, UK Post Degree, Doctor of Economic Sciences, ■ Nationality: British Rostov State University of Economics, Russia PhD, Economic Sciences, Rostov State University of Economics, Russia ■ Languages: English (native), German (intermediate) Bachelor’s Degree, Finance and Credit (Banking), Rostov State University of ■ Achievements: Economics, Russia Led the bid and implementation teams that secured and flawlessly launched Bulten’s first FSP contract Russian ■ Nationality: with JLR, developing the account from €0 in 2013 to €68 million in 2018. Russian (native), English (fluent) ■ Languages: Managed the simultaneous launch of a €25 million turnover customer and site move of the entire ■ Achievements: company, resulting in zero impact on all current customers and flawless launch of the new contract. Developed the Banking Supervision Principles for Effective Supervisory Colleges on the Colleges Working Successfully launched Bulten’s first OEM full service supplier in Germany whilst developing a completely Group of Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BIS). These principles are guidance for central and new team to deliver a flawless launch and ongoing contractual performance of 100%. Successful launch commercial . resulted in moving to Germany to manage the operation for four years. Assessed the financial performance of an international banking group and its subsidiaries. Enhanced information-sharing amongst the Bank of Russia and other supervisory authorities (, Bank of Hungary, Bank of China) in the area of banking supervision. Appointed to an advisory role on The Expert Council for Settlement in National Currencies. The work of the Council increases the share of international settlements in Russian rubles.

24 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 25 Darren Legh Mariana Magalhães linkedin.com/in/darrenlegh linkedin.com/in/marianamagalhaes711

■ Career History: Engineering Director, JLR & Ford EU, Lear Corporation UK Ltd, Coventry, UK ■ Career History: HR Analyst, Human Resources Planning Department, Director of Global Lean Engineering, Lear Corporation UK Ltd, Coventry, UK EDP Distribuição - Energia S.A., Lisbon, Portugal Chief Engineer, Johnson Controls (JCI), Meriden, UK Controller, Supervision Department, Managing Director, Oaken Project Engineering, Wolverhampton, UK Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo, Lisbon, Portugal Auditor, Financial Services Organisation, EY SROC S.A., Lisbon, Portugal ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Intern, Ericsson Telecomunicações LDA., BEng, Mechanical Engineering, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, UK Lisbon, Portugal ■ Nationality: British ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Languages: English (native) International MSc, Business Administration, ■ Achievements: Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal BSc, Economics, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal Built a management structure and multi-functional team of more than 100 engineers to design, develop and manufacture seating systems for JLR and Ford. Annual budget of more than £25 million. Launched ■ Nationality: Portuguese seating systems for Range Rover and now completing seats for the Defender for launch in Slovakia. ■ Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (basic) Defined a strategy for and deployed lean engineering in all Lear technical centres globally. Focused ■ Achievements: on development of a robust engineering approach, creating Subject Matter Experts to identify and Improved the procedures to generate the HR annual budget by interpreting new accounts, combining mitigate technical risk and developed KPIs and an escalation mechanism. historical information, real-time data, and future predictable trends, to generate forecasting of around Developed the seating system for the BMW Mini, launched in 2001. Led a team of engineers to develop 60 cost accounts for a company of approximately 3,200 employees. all elements of the seat from the structures to bonded trim and plastic parts. All delivered on time to Optimised operating models linked with headcount and costs data by automating operational budget. A huge commercial success for JCI and BMW. procedures, resulting in the reduction of speed of process completion and human errors, which amounted to a total of two saved days per month. Prepared for the election for the board of directors and fiscal council of local banks. Analysed financial documents and credit information as a basis for official recommendations on professional conduct. Darran Ling Harry Martin linkedin.com/in/darran-ling linkedin.com/in/harryclmartin

■ Career History: Associate, OEE Consulting, London, UK ■ Career History: Support Assurance Officer (Aviation), Defence Equipment & Support, Programme Director, Calor Gas, Leamington Spa, UK Bristol, UK Group Head of Change, HS2 Ltd, London, UK Aviation Engineering Availability Manager, Navy Command Headquarters, Head of PMO, London Midland Rail, Birmingham, UK Portsmouth, UK Deputy National and Ceremonial Events Manager, Ministry of Defence, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK London, UK ■ Nationality: British Support Engineering Director and Second in Command, ■ Languages: English (native) Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron, Wiltshire, UK ■ Achievements: ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Chartered Engineer and Member of Royal Aeronautical Society, UK Orchestrated delivery of corporate strategy with rapid experimentation and use of RPA technology. MSc, Engineering and Management, University of Portsmouth, UK New Target Operating Model and organisational redesign. Developed asset strategies to divest MEng, Aeronautical Engineering, University of Bristol, UK underperforming assets, resulted in a 7% profit increase. ■ Nationality: British Directed major programmes including: Digital technology & infrastructure, MDM strategy, supply chain optimisation, and physical transformation of production warehouse facilities, to drive a New Target ■ Languages: English (native), Spanish (fluent) Operating Model. Resulted in £3 million cost saving and £6 million extra revenue. ■ Achievements: Negotiated between HM Treasury, Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd to formulate and deliver a As the Royal Navy’s Aviation Innovation Champion, led a campaign to engender an open-minded framework for how change contingency was utilised, monitored and controlled for the £50 billion HS2 and experimental culture. Awarded formal commendation from the Royal Navy’s Chief Engineer for Programme. Accountable for all change, NEC3, Parliamentary bill, and construction. organising a leading-edge, major event attended by 500 staff. Introduced processes to allow effective tracking of technical failures that lead to mission disruption. For the first time, this allowed system reliability improvements to be intelligently targeted, promising dramatic improvements to mission success rates. Led a team of 36 to deliver the UK’s first major international aircraft post-crash recovery training exercise. Attended by multiple military and civilian emergency response and investigation organisations from five nations. Hugely successful in building expertise and international cooperation.

26 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 27 Sanjeev Marwaha Joseph Mojume linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-marwaha-7aa69740 linkedin.com/in/josephmojume

■ Career History: Senior Enterprise Risk Manager, LyondellBasell Industries, London, UK ■ Career History: Business Director, Bosch Power Tools Africa, Nairobi, Kenya Project Risk Manager, Network Rail, London, UK National Sales Manager for the Mechanical Electrical Industry and Corporate Risk Manager, London Borough of Camden, UK Government , Hilti Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Marketing Manager, North and West Africa sub-region, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Hilti NWA sub-region, Casablanca, Morocco MSc, Management, , UK Business Development Manager, Hilti NWA sub-region, Lagos, Nigeria BSc (Hons), Economics, City University London, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Nationality: British Diploma in Finance and Accounting, Dublin Business School, Ireland ■ Languages: English (native) Bachelor of Science, Urban Planning, University of Lagos, Nigeria ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: Nigerian Award winning risk management professional, winning ‘Risk Management Strategy of the Year’ at the ■ Languages: English (native), French (intermediate) Global Risk Management Awards for industry recognition in 2019. ■ Achievements: Designed and implemented enterprise-wide approach to risk management at LyondellBasell which Delivered over €1 million profit from a key project in 2018 by managing a global project team spanning helped the company identify not only threats that impede success but identify opportunities to support six countries. Awarded the global project of the quarter by Hilti Energy and industrial division at HQ. the company’s future strategy, supporting better decision-making. Empowered my team with consistent self-development plans and actions, resulting in 45% of the team Refreshed LyondellBasell’s Capital Projects Risk Management for a US$6 billion portfolio globally, to being promoted to higher roles within two years. reduce financial risk exposures and present cost and schedule overruns. Led Team Ireland to win the best sales market for 2018 in the Europe 1 region for a new product designed for the electrical . Led on the design of a selling model, delivering outstanding results and was later exported to other Hilti markets.

Conor McCarthy Toni Moyela linkedin.com/in/conormc-carthy linkedin.com/in/toni-moyela

■ Career History: Product Manager, Nordson Dage, Aylesbury, UK ■ Career History: Operations Director, Warwick Business School, UK Product Lifecycle Manager, Oxford Instruments NanoScience, Oxford, UK Information Systems Consultant, Warwick Business School, UK Product Manager, Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, Shanghai, China Data Analyst, University of Aberdeen, UK Product Specialist, Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, High Wycombe, UK IT Service Manager, Ericsson, Nigeria ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK PhD, Materials Science, National University of Ireland, Ireland MSc, e-Business Management, University of Warwick, UK BSc, Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Ireland BSc, Computer Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria ■ Nationality: Irish ■ Nationality: Nigerian ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Languages: English (native), Yoruba (native), French (basic) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: Consolidated a multi-million pound product line into nine unique offerings and expanded the business Led the transformation of a complex service operation by implementing the restructure of a into adjacent markets of medical and automotive, delivering 14% revenue growth. multifunctional team of staff, establishing robust end-to-end processes, and developing strategic service propositions, resulting in improved service delivery to executive clients. Led a strategic growth initiative to increase exposure to the expanding quantum computing market, resulting in the launch of two new products and one new strategic partnership. Developed and implemented a bespoke IT system to improve the efficiency of a key statutory data return by automating a series of complex processes. Resulted in annual cost savings of £500,000 and a Seconded to Shanghai and embedded inside a fast-paced and highly active sales force to champion a reduction in processing time from 30 days to eight hours. new product launch which generated key accounts inside the lucrative semiconductor industry within six weeks. Identified and developed actionable insights for a successful marketing campaign by translating complex data sets into useful management information and innovative recommendations, resulting in a 60% increase in customer acquisition rates within six months.

28 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 29 Oliver Mullan Joseph Northwood linkedin.com/in/olivermullan linkedin.com/in/joseph-northwood

■ Career History: Head of Project Engineering & Design Services, Tata Steel Strip Products, ■ Career History: Corporate Strategy Manager, Group Strategy, National Grid Plc, London, Port Talbot, UK UK CapEx Portfolio Manager, Tata Steel Strip Products, Port Talbot, UK Corporate Strategy Lead, Group Strategy, National Grid Plc, London, UK Project Manager/Senior Project Engineer, Tata Steel Strip Products, Growth Strategy Manager, National Grid Electricity Transmission, Port Talbot, UK National Grid Plc, Warwickshire, UK Asset Management Engineer, National Grid Electricity Transmission, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK National Grid Plc, Warwickshire, UK Chartered Chemical Engineer, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BEng (Hons), Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, UK MEng, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Languages: English (native), Spanish (basic) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: As Head of Capital Projects for Tata Steel Strip Products UK, established and led the deployment of new Developed National Grid Plc’s digital strategy, identifying areas to extract value, maximise operational project portfolio and controls functions. Over a three-year period this helped to secure an 80% increase efficiency, and generate new products and services from digital applications across the Group, in both in capital expenditure allocation to the Strip Products UK business. UK and US businesses. Successfully managed the design and implementation of an engineering delivery framework, utilising Initiated and led the development of National Grid’s UK commercial connections strategy, to second and third party suppliers to deliver low cost engineering solutions. Resulted in cost savings of successfully enable the rapid integration of renewable generation and electric vehicles to the UK’s power over £2 million year on year. infrastructure, and generate new revenue streams for National Grid. Led a team of more than 200 through an organisational change programme, delivering improved Developed regulatory frameworks for financial revenue recovery mechanisms and risk management engagement and significantly improving the Innovation and Direction results as measured by the across the utility sector, representing National Grid alongside 14 utility companies and sector regulators, McKinsey Organisational Health Index metrics. to shape an industry-wide approach to network regulation and asset management.

Rafa Nascimento Alexander Papachristophorou linkedin.com/in/rafafigueiredo linkedin.com/in/alex-papachristophorou

■ Career History: Global Marketing & Innovation Senior Manager, ■ Career History: Managing Director, Diepress (Refresherator) Ltd, UK Kimberly-Clark Professional, UK Founder and Director, Lokee Events Ltd, UK Senior Marketing Manager, Mattel, Brazil Director, Diepress (Refresherator) Ltd, UK Associate, Technology & Innovation, Korn/Ferry, Brazil General Manager, Diepress (Refresherator) Ltd, UK Strategy Marketing Manager, Whirlpool, Argentina ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK LLB Law (Hons), Nottingham Trent University, UK Postgraduate Scholar Diploma, Innovation and Brand Management, Access to Law HE, Birmingham Metropolitan College, UK Kellogg School of Management, USA ■ Nationality: British Postgraduate Diploma, Brand Management, ESPM, Brazil BSc, Business Administration, Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Brazil ■ Languages: English (native), Greek (basic) ■ Nationality: Portuguese, Brazilian ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent) Developed and implemented a strategy that designed and manufactured product lines with high entry barriers within a pre-existing loss making manufacturer of construction products, promptly increasing ■ Achievements: annual turnover in excess of 200% and generating sustainable profit. Led a new global business for Kimberly-Clark: Smart/IoT Solutions for B2B. With a cross-functional team, Restructured multiple process flows within a manufacturing environment to be dynamic in the use of defined and implemented the business strategy, brand and marketing plans, strategic partnerships and moveable machinery, increasing capacity by 30% by utilising specific machine capacity during planned geographic expansion (North America, Europe and Singapore). process downtime. Developed and coordinated a 360 degree launch for a full refresh of product portfolio with total Secured and delivered premier events for some of the UK’s largest festivals, not limited to the curation revenues of US$300 million a year, for more than 20 countries. For two years, managed a team of five, of Paul Oakenfold and Carl Cox’s legendary set at Stonehenge. Used innovative technology to mitigate who drove double-digit growth for Whirlpool refrigeration home-appliance categories. the environmental impact and pioneered the way for audible events to be held at global heritage sites. Built an innovation team that transformed the culture and financial results of a business division for Whirlpool in Latin America. Highly recognised in the press and Whirlpool was named the most innovative company in Brazil.

30 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 31 Dan Pearson Graham Piasecki linkedin.com/in/dan-pearson1 linkedin.com/in/grahampiasecki

■ Career History: Director of Academic Services, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Career History: Director of Commercial Operations, EMEA Region, Veson Nautical, London, Senior Assistant Registrar, Graduate School, University of Warwick, UK UK Senior Liaison Officer, International Office, University of Warwick, UK Global Director of Account Management, Veson Nautical, London, UK Recruitment Officer, Student Recruitment and Admissions Office, Assistant Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble, Johannesburg, South Africa University of Warwick, UK Commercial Planning Executive, A.P. Moller Maersk, Sydney, Australia ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BA, Politics, University of East Anglia, UK BCom (Hons – Postgraduate), and Finance, University of Johannesburg, South Africa ■ Nationality: British Bachelor of Commerce, Economics and Business Science, ■ Languages: English (native) University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: British, South African Developed and evolved new and existing international partnerships between the University and ■ Languages: English (native), Afrikaans (basic) partners in North America, Australia and continental Europe, facilitating and enabling joint ventures in

teaching, research bids and student exchanges. ■ Achievements: Established and led the Global Account Management division for Veson Nautical, a medium sized high Led on the re-accreditation of Warwick Business School programmes with a major international growth technology company. Built the team to eight people within the first year and achieved our goal accrediting body, further consolidating the organisation’s reputation as one of the leading Business of new revenue generation of US$4 million. Schools in the world. Recruited to establish a commercial presence in the Asia Pacific region for a growing technology In addition to leading on refurbishment and building projects totalling £1.95 million in the last two company. After two and a half years, the region was our second highest grossing region globally. years, structured and supported the bid for a £7.8 million extension to existing facilities which was secured in April 2019. Selected out of 10,000 applicants to join a management trainee programme with a Global Fortune 250 company. Received tuition from international business school lecturers and industry leaders, while rotating roles internationally, building a global professional network.

Stephen Peart Nicolas Posada linkedin.com/in/StephenPeart1973 linkedin.com/in/posadanicolas

■ Career History: Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics, Manufacturing Director, UK ■ Career History: Regional Manager, Australasia and Commercial Products Dubai – Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics, Manufacturing Manager, UK Commercial Operations, Emirates, UAE Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics, Group Leader, UK Business Analysis Manager, Business Intelligence, Emirates, UAE Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics, Team Leader, UK Aeronautical Development Manager, Melbourne Airport, Australia Network Planning Analyst, Virgin Australia, Australia ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ILM Level 5 Diploma, Principles of Leadership & Management, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK EDI Level 3 Certificate, Management – Managerial Responsibilities, UK Postgraduate Award, Organisational Leadership, Warwick Business School, Six Sigma Green Belt, UK UK BA, Economics, and BBusMan, International Business, ■ Nationality: British University of Queensland, Australia ■ Languages: English (native) BA, Economics, Study Abroad, University of Virginia, USA ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: Australian, Colombian Established S&N Orthopaedics Manufacturing Plant in the UK, as part of a six person team. Developed ■ Languages: English (native), Spanish (fluent) the manufacturing infrastructure and implemented standard operating procedures and quality ■ Achievements: management system to satisfy medical regulatory authorities. Responsible for ensuring the sales team achieve the commercial priority goals, to reduce cost of sales Increased S&N Warwick manufacturing plant capacity from 18,000 units to 125,000 units, with a and achieve the revenue target of over US$1.8 billion. In 2018/19, the target was achieved with growth budget of US$13 million, supporting in market sales of US$80 million. Created employment for 84 local of 7% on the previous year and cost of sales reduced by 2%. employees. Completed the phase one roll-out of an enterprise commercial intelligence system at Emirates, allowing Reduced costs of production from US$109 per standard hour to US$60 through the implementation of over 2,500 users globally to access dashboards, datasets and reports that enabled better commercial lean manufacturing. Implemented the concept of ‘Super Cells’ and insourced sterile assembly clean & decision making from the sales teams. pack, increasing output per employee from 1,123 units to 2,770 units per person. Led the negotiations and addition of new airlines at Melbourne Airport, including Sichuan Airlines and China Airlines. Worked closely with existing key airline partners to promote, develop and grow their existing services to Melbourne Airport, leading to CAGR of 10.1% (beating the market average).

32 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 33 Eric Pratt Mounish Rai linkedin.com/in/ericjpratt linkedin.com/in/mounishrai

■ Career History: Director, Global Accounting Services, LexisNexis UK Ltd (RELX Plc), London, ■ Career History: Independent Consultant, Samriddhi Ltd, UK UK Technical Account Manager, Mobileum, UK Manager, Group Financial Accounts, Vue Entertainment Ltd, London, UK Senior Team Leader, Aricent Technologies Ltd, UK Accountant, Tayto Group Ltd, Corby, UK Software Engineer, Hughes Software Systems, India Audit Executive, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Kettering, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, FCCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India BSc, Mathematics, Loughborough University, UK ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: Telugu (native), English (fluent), Hindi (fluent) ■ Languages: English (native), Tagalog (basic) ■ Achievements:

■ Achievements: Introduced a standardised access connectivity procurement business capability in a global tier-1 Developed a strategic efficiency plan and managed 39 work streams to successfully deliver US$2 million telecom provider, resulting in significant CAPEX reduction and cost savings of £4.5 million per annum. cost savings across global finance. This included utilising Robotic Process Automation alongside current Led development of a new global IP Voice connectivity business solution for a tier-1 CSP client from system development and other automation ideas. concept to launch (16 countries across EU, APAC and NAM), resulting in business pipeline forecast of Developed global team structure for R2R and integrated all regions, including transforming current approximately £75 million. teams (US, UK) and integrating existing finance structures (South Africa, Germany, Austria, China). Lead Service Architect for delivering a strategic unified communications product for a tier-1 CSP, Successfully mentored a member of the finance team in Manila to achieve a UK based accounting role. targeting large enterprise customers in Europe.

Tom Pye Saminda Ranatunga linkedin.com/in/tom-pye linkedin.com/in/saminda-ranatunga

■ Career History: Total Value Management Engineer, Optimas OE Solutions, Birmingham, UK ■ Career History: IT Manager, Toyota Tsusho Metals Ltd, UK European Programme Manager, End Effectors Destaco, Birmingham, UK Systems Administrator, Toyota Tsusho Metals Ltd, UK Manager Resource Planning, End Effectors Europe/Destaco, Birmingham, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK UK MSc, Computer Networking, University of Greenwich, UK Press Shop Automation Development, BMW Group, Swindon, UK BSc, Information Technology, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka MEng, Mechanical Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Level 3 Introduction to Investment, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, UK ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: Sri Lankan, UK Permanent Resident ■ Languages: English (native), German (basic) ■ Languages: Sinhala (native), English (fluent) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: Reshaped one of the German facilities to improve productivity and safety, and bring on board new management to run the facility. This was achieved over a three-month period of intense restructuring. At Toyota Tsusho Metals Ltd, planned and managed a series of projects totalling £250,000 to have a zero-downtime network by having resiliency in key parts of the IT infrastructure, avoiding any IT Identified new manufacturing methods and supply routes over a 12-month period, achieving a cost interruptions for trading activities. reduction of over 50% on high volume components in order to be more competitive and profitable. Planned and managed the IT activities of new office setup and office relocation projects in the UK Implemented new standards and created a tool to accurately predict costings, labour demands and (2012/13) and Japan (2018). material usage for future automation projects. The new standard resulted in the removal of down-time due to automation as a KPI since there was no longer any down-time. Designed and implemented a new business continuity and disaster recovery plan for Tsusho Metals Ltd.

34 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 35 Lisa Riccalton-Banks Arturo Sansom linkedin.com/in/lisarbanks linkedin.com/in/arturosansom

■ Career History: Senior Director, Head of Digital Innovation, GSK Vaccines, Belgium ■ Career History: Product Research Manager, Triumph Motorcycles, Hinckley, UK Head of Business Planning, UCB Pharmaceuticals, Belgium Senior Product Planning Analyst, Triumph Motorcycles, Hinckley, UK Director Innovation, Business Development and Head of Digital Health Product Planner, Triumph Motorcycles, Hinckley, UK Asia, AstraZeneca, China Product Marketing, Ducati Motor Holding, Bologna, Italy Head of Business Partnerships, Loughborough University, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Master’s degree, Marketing, University of Florence, Italy PhD, Tissue Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing, University of Florence, BSc, Pharmacy, University of Manchester, UK Italy ■ Nationality: British ■ Nationality: Italian ■ Languages: English (native), French (intermediate) ■ Languages: Italian (native), English (fluent) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: Built and led the team accountable for the Asia strategy, identification and evaluation of novel Successfully implemented new market research processes within Triumph Motorcycles to ensure the pharmaceuticals, devices, diagnostics, manufacturing and software technologies. Leadership of product development of new products based on customer data. development teams for digital products (including Ph4 clinical trials) through to commercial product Created an innovative market research model to determine price and expected market share of future launch. motorcycles. Developed and delivered business cases to executive boards securing investments of more than Provided customer insights for the development and the launch of more than 20 new motorcycles US$25 million for industrial academic research collaborations in medical technology. models. Developed and implemented a global digital health innovation strategy, establishing a global pharma digital therapeutics function. Led the development of AZ’s first connected device Turbu+™ which was proven to increase adherence to asthma medication by over 70%.

David Rogers Veera Venkata Satyakishore Mavuri linkedin.com/in/david-rogers7 linkedin.com/in/veeravenkatasatyakishoremavuri

■ Career History: Senior Innovation Manager, HS2 Ltd, Birmingham, UK ■ Career History: Product Owner and Lead Agile Business Analyst, NHS Digital, UK Co-founder & Director, Go Monitor, Coventry, UK Digital Product Manager and Senior Agile Business Analyst, Lookers Plc, UK Co-founder & Director, Speedata, Coventry, UK Digital Agile Delivery Manager and Scrum Master, IBM India Pvt, India Head of Materials and Innovation, Speedo International, Nottingham, UK Project Manager and Delivery Lead, Amdocs Inc, USA ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK PhD, Engineering, Loughborough University, UK Bachelors of Engineering (BE), Electronics and Communications, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Mechanical Engineering, Andhra University, India Nottingham Trent University, UK Certifications: PMP, PRINCE 2 Practitioner, Certified Scrum Master, TOGAF Complete Commercial Negotiator, Gap Negotiation Partnership, UK ■ Nationality: Indian ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: Telugu (native), English (fluent), Hindi (fluent) ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Achievements: Achievements: ■ Delivered advanced authentication and authorisation mechanisms based on cloud to 4,000 London As Senior Innovation Manager for HS2, created and deployed a novel innovation process to support the Ambulance paramedics, NHS Dentistry and 63 Weldricks pharmacies, providing access to summary care supply chain to innovate. Delivered 12 strategic projects that created new value propositions, creating records, hence improving patient care. over £100 million of added business value. Developed productivity improvement strategies and transformed multiple teams from Waterfall to Agile Managed and developed international strategic material suppliers and manufacturers for Speedo framework by coaching core agile principles, which increased the team’s speed by 43% over a period of International across three continents and 48 product ranges. Led the Research and Development (R&D) 15 months. Executed profit improvement, cost optimisation and lean initiatives worth £1.4 million. of various equipment used by elite athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Delivered a CRM SaaS-based enquiry management solution hosted on MS Azure cloud to enhance the As Co-founder of Speedata Ltd, led the project management from R&D to deployment of novel lead management processes at business development centres which enhanced the conversion rate by machine learning algorithms. These proprietary algorithms were designed for one of the world’s leading 39% and Customer Service Agent’s productivity by 42% during 2016–2017. consumer electronic companies with over one million units sold.

36 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 37 Padma Sekhar Piyush Srivastava linkedin.com/in/padmabsekhar linkedin.com/in/piyush-srivastave

■ Career History: Principal Product Marketing Manager, Waters Corporation, UK ■ Career History: Healthcare Integration Architect, Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust, Reading, Technical Sales Specialist, Chromsystems GmbH, UK UK Account Manager, Anatune, UK Healthcare Integration Consultant, Orion Health, London, UK Professional Services Director, Very Basics, Cheltenham, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Integration Consultant, Baxter ICNet, Gloucester, UK Master’s degree, Analytical Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, USA MChem, Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, IT, University of the West of England, UK ■ Nationality: British BSc, Maths and Physics, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj, India ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Nationality: British ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: Hindi (native), English (fluent) Won a £350,000 tender to supply vitamin D and immunosuppressants diagnostic kits for a major UK

hospital. ■ Achievements: As Business Consultant, delivered a transformation programme in an NHS Healthcare Trust and created Organised customer workshops and increased sales by 18% for newborn screening and steroids three teams with a total of 15 members to streamline the operations within integration and support. products. This enabled the Trust to deliver IT programmes in 30% less time, without increasing team size. Implemented sample clean protocols during Batelle employment to assist extraction of compounds. Founded an online retail business, verybasics.com, and established multiple well-known brands as channel partners, boosting business profitability by 20%. Built an online platform with a robust online marketing strategy for PVRDirect to increase online revenue and presence. The company achieved over £1 million revenue in two years.

Nathalie Spence (Maillard) Melissa Sumner linkedin.com/in/nathalie-maillard linkedin.com/in/melissa-sumner

■ Career History: Senior Assistant Registrar (Research), Warwick Business School, UK ■ Career History: Manager Talent Acquisition, Emirates Group, Dubai, UAE Impact & Environment Manager (Research), Warwick Business School, UK Talent Identification Manager, Emirates Group, Dubai, UAE Head of Programme Delivery, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands, Senior Psychologist, Emirates Group, Dubai, UAE , UK Senior Talent Consultant & Head of Leadership Development, Programme Manager, NIHR CLAHRC for Birmingham and Black Country, Wickland Westcott, Cheshire, UK University of Birmingham, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Postgraduate Award, Organisational Leadership, Warwick Business School, Masters of Science, Healthcare Policy & Management, UK Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, UK MSc, Organisational Psychology, Manchester Business School, UK Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, University of Birmingham, UK BSc, Psychology, University of Manchester, UK ■ Nationality: British, Swiss ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Languages: English (native), Welsh (native), Spanish (basic) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: Delivered a £10 million publicly funded research initiative, matched funded by £25 million from health Built a management team (building three brand new centres of excellence) to support the delivery of a and social care providers, which improved the efficiency and delivery of services for the benefit of new operating model and strategy, to drive excellence in candidate and hiring manager engagement. patients and the wider public. Consolidated suppliers, built a new framework for talent assessments, and delivered a programme Received the outstanding contribution to the research environment accolade (2017/18) from Warwick of automation that enabled team size to be halved (2 million Emirati dirhams in time savings), whilst Business School, supporting the School to meet its research income target (£3.2 million) and develop improving rigour, candidate and hiring manager experience. research impact case studies. Won ‘HR Digital Team of the Year’ at the GCC HR Government Awards 2018 for the Talent Psychology Advanced academic writing skills demonstrated by exceptional contributions to large external research team’s standing as a world class, technology-enabled team that contributed significant commercial grants, high-level research reports to funding bodies, and MSc dissertation; received a distinction and a value to the business. prestigious award for the latter.

38 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 39 John Sunderland Rishi Tank linkedin.com/in/jmsunderland linkedin.com/in/rishi-tank

■ Career History: Regional Director, Ringway Infrastructure Services, UK ■ Career History: Strategy Manager, Cisco Systems, London, UK Operations Director, RingwayJacobs, UK Sales Specialist, Cisco Systems, London, UK Sector Business Director Highways PFIs, Amey, UK Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems, London, UK Business Director, Amey, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MEng, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK MEng, Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK ■ Nationality: British Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Chartered Engineer, UK Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, UK ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Nationality: British ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: English (native) Established a global community, improved win rates against key competitors and drove business development opportunities worth over US$1 billion as part of the formulation and execution of a

■ Achievements: competitive strategy for Cisco’s global public sector segment. As Regional Director, led Eurovia UK’s re-entry into delivering highways services to Highways England Won the highly coveted Cisco Chairman’s Club in the 2018 financial year, being recognised in the top 1% following a 15-year absence from the market. Strategic accountability for all opportunities with of the sales organisation (more than 20,000 employees). Highways England nationally. As a sales specialist, grew sales for a key UK market segment from US$170 million to US$230 million Accountable for the delivery of all aspects of the largest local authority highway PFI flagship contract in over a three-year period. the UK. Developed a performance and target driven culture through 550 directly employed employees, with an annual turnover of £120 million and £2.7 billion over 25 years. Led an operational management team in all delivery aspects of five joint venture contracts, providing highways services on the strategic road network to Highways Agency across England. 1,200 directly employed employees with an annual turnover of £270 million.

Emilie Syed Roman Tokarev linkedin.com/in/emilie-syed linkedin.com/in/roman-tokarev

■ Career History: Investment Associate, Investments and New Ventures, ■ Career History: Head of Corporate Actions, National Settlement Depository, Oxford University Innovation, UK Moscow Exchange Group, Moscow, Russia Post-doctoral Research Scientist, MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Head of Investor Relations and Financial Control, Alfa-Bank, Moscow, Experimental Psychology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Russia University of Oxford, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Institut des Maladies Master’s degree, Business Administration and Economics Neurodégénératives, Université de Bordeaux, France with a major in Finance, Lund University, Sweden Doctoral Student, Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, Bachelor’s degree, Economics, State University – University Medical Centre Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany Higher School of Economics, Russia ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Nationality: Russian PhD, Natural Sciences, Hamburg University, Germany MSc, Integrative Neurosciences, Imperial College London, UK ■ Languages: Russian (native), English (fluent), German (basic) BSc, Pharmacology, King’s College London, UK ■ Achievements: ■ Nationality: French, Bangladeshi Supervised a complete audit and transformation of processes under the corporate actions reform ■ Languages: English (native), French (native), Italian (fluent), German (intermediate) involving IT budget planning, personnel training, revision of legal base and tariff model. NSD cut its operations staff by 7% and gained additional revenue of US$8 million per annum. ■ Achievements: Coordinated an acquisition of a major Russian bank, analysed its financial position and risk profile, Negotiated with a major board management software supplier to achieve a critical 90% pricing liaised with government bodies, and structured the deal. The acquiring entity recorded a gain of US$106 reduction for Oxford University Innovation and all portfolio companies, enabling successful million and attracted 2.6 million new retail and 15,000 corporate clients. implementation of corporate governance targets. Managed credit reviews of Alfa-Bank by the three major international rating agencies, enabling it to Led a pro-bono pre-accelerator programme, co-ordinating mentors to coach 14 teams of entrepreneurs become the first Russian private bank to achieve an investment grade rating, strengthening the position to prepare business plans and pitches for the final event (around 200 attendees). Raised 100% of the Bank on international capital markets and decreasing its funding costs. sponsorship including two prizes: six months free lab and office space. Led and conducted a collaborative research project over three university departments, resulting in a first author publication in the highest-ranking journal for neuroscientific research articles (Nature Neuroscience).

40 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 41 Francesco Tres Rachael Urwin linkedin.com/in/francescotres linkedin.com/in/rachaelurwin

■ Career History: Senior Formulation Scientist, Almac Group, Loughborough, UK ■ Career History: Global Head of Transformation & Compliance (Talent), Consultancy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Purdue University, Indiana, USA Rolls Royce, The Netherlands Head of Talent Acquisition and Development, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (Formula 1), UK PhD, Formulation Science, University of Nottingham, UK Talent and Development Manager, Calor Gas, UK MSc, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Padua, Italy Talent Consultant, Wesleyan, UK Qualified Pharmacist, General Pharmaceutical Council, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Nationality: Italian SHV Prelude High Potential Programme, TIAS Business School, ■ Languages: Italian (native), English (fluent), German (basic) The Netherlands ■ Achievements: BA (Hons), English Literature, University of Warwick, UK Developed a research proposal and awarded a £15,000 Engineering and Physical Sciences Partnered ■ Nationality: British Access Fund to conduct an international project between the UK and the USA. ■ Languages: English (native) Led and managed several research projects jointly with biopharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca ■ Achievements: (UK) and Eli Lilly (USA). Published six first author peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals. Designed, implemented and embedded strategic talent management into Calor Gas; later adapted for Received the ‘Best Consideration of IP Strategy’ and ‘Best Financial Planning Strategy’ awards at the global implementation within parent group (SHV Energy). The change in organisational design drove Biotechnology YES competition final for the development of a business plan for an anti-acne product. increased opportunity for employees and improved utilisation and output for the business, including more robust succession and enhanced performance management. Delivered a saving of £1.5 million by programme managing the implementation of an outsourced early careers recruitment model into Rolls Royce. Restructured talent function within Mercedes AMG (HPP), underpinned by investment in digitalisation, delivering significant improvement in time to hire, hiring manager satisfaction and process efficiency.

Neeraj Tripathi Adam Uttley linkedin.com/in/neeraj-tripathi-95119bb3 linkedin.com/in/adamuttley

■ Career History: Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Cygnet Hospital Stevenage, Hertfordshire, ■ Career History: Chief Financial Officer, Macmillan Cancer Support, London, UK UK Chief Financial Officer, Fresh Direct Group, Bicester, UK Co-Director, Rosevalley Properties Ltd, London, UK Finance Director – Speciality Businesses, Brakes Group, London, UK Managing Director, Caldene Capital Company, Halifax, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK PG Diploma, Medical Leadership, University of Brighton, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK Associate Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA), Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine, RNT Medical College, India Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK BSc (Hons), Physics with Management, King’s College London, UK ■ Nationality: British, Overseas Citizen of India ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: Hindi (native), English (fluent) ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Achievements:

Published three peer reviewed articles on quality in secure psychiatric hospitals. ■ Achievements: Led the strategic review of an in-house ready-meal manufacturing business, recommending an exit Developed systems and achieved qualitative improvement by promoting transparency in patient from manufacturing and agreeing a deal with a third party to outsource production, adding £1.7 million care, which was acknowledged at the secure quality network forum organised by the Royal College of EBITDA per annum and £20 million enterprise value. Psychiatrists, UK. Drove an improvement of £2 million EBITDA per annum and £15 million cash position of a recently Built up relationships with the commissioning managers by understanding expectations and delivering formed Joint Venture through working capital improvements, margin improvement from a new seasonal quality care, leading to an increase in patient flow and revenue. pricing process, and the sale and lease back of a warehouse. Effected a turnaround of the Finance, Legal & Audit department of 90 people at a leading charity and improved the morale and engagement scores within the department from 60% to 81% within one year.

42 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 43 Zukhra Uzbayeva Marc Vincent linkedin.com/in/zukhrauzbayeva linkedin.com/in/mvincent01

■ Career History: Agile Software Delivery Factory Group Supervisor, LLP Tengizchevroil, ■ Career History: Economic Assessment Manager, National Grid Electricity System Operator, Atyrau, Kazakhstan Warwick, UK IT Quality Assurance Group Supervisor, LLP Tengizchevroil, Atyrau, Trustee Director of National Grid’s DC Pension Scheme Kazakhstan Energy Trader, National Grid Plc, Wokingham, UK IT Reliability Coordinator, LLP Tengizchevroil, Atyrau, Kazakhstan Power System Engineer, National Grid Plc, Warwick, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BSc, Oil and Gas, Atyrau Institute of Oil and Gas, Kazakhstan Chartered Engineer, Institute of Engineering & Technology, UK MSc, Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK MEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bath, UK BSc, Computer Science and Applications, Suleyman Demirel University, ■ Nationality: British Kazakhstan ■ Languages: English (native) ■ Nationality: Kazakh ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: Kazakh (native), English (fluent), Russian (fluent) Initiated digitalisation improvements to reduce the GB system planning process from 12 weeks with 19 ■ Achievements: people, to eight weeks with six people. Personally developed the rollout of the Agile Organisational Capability Development Plan for 250 Led a team of more than 20 dynamic individuals that completed cost benefit analysis on projects employees, starting with our information technology department and incorporating the senior totalling more than £5 billion with estimated GB consumer savings of over £1 billion. management team. Launched an initiative to consider energy storage on the GB energy network to reduce network Redefined the strategy for the whole company on RoK personal data localisation in line with the new congestion. This has forecast savings of over £200 million and is considered a first for the GB energy regulations, managing multiple systems and stakeholders. Successful completion of the project was market. recognised by the company’s data privacy champion. Equipped my software license management team to negotiate annual maintenance and license fees for software products, saving $US2 million for the company.

Patrick van der Heiden Paul Whillis linkedin.com/in/patrick-van-der-heiden-7907 linkedin.com/in/paulwhillis

■ Career History: Senior Partner, Krijger and Partners, The Hague, The Netherlands ■ Career History: Advanced Development Programme, British Army, Andover, UK Vice President, MVI International, Aartswoud, The Netherlands Regimental Chief of Staff, Joint Forces Command, UK Business Manager, Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), Amsterdam, Squadron Commander, British Army, York, UK The Netherlands Surveillance Capability Development officer, UK Joint Forces Command, Policy Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands Northwood, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, Geoinformatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia MSc, Battlespace Technology, Cranfield University, UK BBA, School of Economics, University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands MA, History, Durham University, UK BA, History, University of Birmingham, UK ■ Nationality: Dutch ■ Nationality: British ■ Languages: Dutch (native), English (fluent), French (intermediate), German (intermediate) Persian (basic) ■ Languages: English (native), French (basic), Spanish (basic), Nepali (basic) ■ Achievements: ■ Achievements: As Senior Partner at Krijger and Partners, acquired and currently manage three major political risk Identified budgetary savings of 17% (£12 million per annum) in one of the Army’s training and government affairs projects for several international clients. Implementing a thought leadership establishments without compromising training quality. strategy to enhance business development. Oversaw delivery of a £330 million IT programme to 3,000 users across 120 sites globally, on time, on Conceived and co-founded MVI International, a start-up business development advisory firm operating budget, and to the required quality. in the global aerospace sector. Led four major aerospace, training and consulting related projects across Delivered an IP-based surveillance rebroadcast capability to UK sites across Afghanistan, enabling the five countries, co-guiding the firm to consecutive profitable years until the 2019 merger into Unified provision of video feeds at 2Mbps to austere and remote locations to assist decision making. International. Worked extensively in various policy advisor positions for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in war-torn regions in Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan. Advised ambassadors on security-related and geopolitical issues and participated in bilateral engagements with national governments and the international community.

44 Executive MBA warwickmba.com 45 Markus Wiepck Dmitry Zaichenko linkedin.com/in/wiepckma linkedin.com/in/dmitryzaichenko

■ Career History: Financial Director, Silesia International, Neuss, Germany ■ Career History: Regional Sales Manager Completions Russia/CIS, National Oilwell Varco, Group Controller, Silesia International, Neuss, Germany Moscow, Russia Financial Accountant, Warsteiner Brauerei, Warstein, Germany Technical Sales Manager Completions, Weatherford, Moscow, Russia Sales Manager Completions, Schlumberger, Moscow, Russia ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Business Degree Economist VWA, Academy for Business and Economics, Field Service Manager Completions, Schlumberger, Surgut, Russia Germany ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Master’s Engineering Degree, Construction & Exploitation of Pipelines ■ Nationality: German and Reservoirs, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia ■ Languages: German (native), English (fluent), Spanish (basic) ■ Nationality: Russian ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: Russian (native), English (fluent) Established several subsidiaries in various countries of Europe, Americas and Asia, and co-ordinated the integration of the new entities into the group. ■ Achievements: Implemented the HQ ERP system in all subsidiaries for Finance and Controlling to harmonise workflows Led a team of six that achieved around 80% revenue growth for three years. One of the great successes and comply with local requirements. was a crucial integrated project with other divisions – it helped customers to reduce time of well construction from 35 days to 16 days. Successfully worked on the initial IFRS conversion and subsequent annual group consolidation. Set up and developed local manufacturing of equipment at Schlumberger, resulting in product cost savings of up to 60% compared with overseas manufacturing. Increased EBIT by 16% year over year. Implemented new sales and product planning business systems as part of a business transformation programme, increasing forecasting accuracy versus inventory utilisation by up to 80%.

Dolly Yan Aleksandra Zefirova linkedin.com/in/dollyyan linkedin.com/in/alekszefirova

■ Career History: Co-founder, HUA! Kitchen Ltd, Malmesbury, UK ■ Career History: Lead Project Manager, Delivery Strategy, National Grid, UK Global Product Manager, Dyson Technology Ltd, Malmesbury, UK Project Manager, National Grid, UK Project and Account Manager, Alvan Blanch Development Company Ltd, Project Engineer, TechnipFMC, UK Kemble, UK ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Project Support, QuayQuip Ltd, Malmesbury, UK MEng, Civil Engineering Design and Management, University of Dundee, ■ Education Highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK UK MSc, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, University of Bristol, UK ■ Nationality: Latvian Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, South China Agricultural University, China ■ Languages: Latvian (native), English (fluent), Russian (fluent), German (basic) ■ Nationality: Chinese ■ Achievements: ■ Languages: Mandarin Chinese (native), Cantonese (native), English (fluent) Developing and leading a new team to transform a delivery strategy for capital projects required for the evolution of the UK power grid, including review of delivery models, future workbook and resource ■ Achievements: capabilities. Set the vision and values for HUA! Kitchen, led the business model building, product strategy Led a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a £20 million portfolio of transformer replacements to secure development, and investment fundraising. Conducted three food trials (100 participants) with feedback UK critical infrastructure. Worked collaboratively with stakeholders to manage programme and scope of over 80%, confirming they will opt for HUA!’s ready-meals over another brand. changes. Led the development of a five-year product roadmap by owning market research, pricing, and routes-to- Managed and delivered high value (£5 million to £30 million) fast-track projects in the North Sea, market analysis. Built more than 50 business case scenarios to determine potential for new projects and working with a variety of international and independent oil & gas operators. launched four new products into global markets. Delivered five industrial projects with five-star customer feedback. Organised three international tradeshows and generated 20% more effective enquiries than previous years. Led efficient change management programme to save annual programme budget by 30%.

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